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Paxlovid Improved Long Covid Symptoms in Some Patients, Researchers Report

Paxlovid Improved Long Covid Symptoms in Some Patients, Researchers Report

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Can Paxlovid treat long Covid? A new report suggests it might help some patients, but which patients might benefit remains unclear. The report, published Monday in the journal Communications Medicine, describes the cases of 13 long Covid patients who took extended courses of the antiviral drug. Results were decidedly mixed: Nine patients reported some improvement, […]

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How Naomi Feil Developed a Radical Approach to Caring for Dementia Patients

How Naomi Feil Developed a Radical Approach to Caring for Dementia Patients

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Before the answers to life’s questions fit in our pocket, you used to have to turn a dial. If you were lucky, Phil Donahue would be on, ready to guide you toward enlightenment. In a stroke of deluxe good fortune, Dr. Ruth Westheimer might have stopped by to be the enlightenment. He was the search

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Synapticure, Pearl Health partner to give personalized care to Medicare patients

Synapticure, Pearl Health partner to give personalized care to Medicare patients

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Synapticure, a telemedicine company focused on people and caregivers living with neurodegenerative diseases, announced it is partnering with Pearl Health, a technology company centered on physician enablement in value-based care, to provide personalized support to Medicare patients with dementia. The collaboration aims to benefit dementia patients and their families through the CMS GUIDE (Guiding an

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NIH develops AI tool to better pair cancer patients with drugs

NIH develops AI tool to better pair cancer patients with drugs

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Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have developed an artificial intelligence tool that predicts whether a patient will respond to cancer treatment drugs using individual tumor cells, according to a study published in Nature Cancer. Traditional approaches to drug-patient matching focus on bulk sequencing of tumor

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Accompany Health launches with M to care for low-income patients

Accompany Health launches with $56M to care for low-income patients

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Accompany Health, a hybrid care provider for low-income patients with complex needs, announced its launch with $56 million in Series A funding from Venrock, ARCH Venture Partners, IVP, Evidenced and Granite Capital Management.  WHAT IT DOES The Bethesda-based company offers low-income patients 24/7 in-home and virtual care services, including primary care and urgent care, mental

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Q&A: Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi on expanding access for Medicaid patients

Q&A: Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi on expanding access for Medicaid patients

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The healthcare status quo for Medicaid and other underserved patients frequently leaves them in the lurch, said Cityblock Health CEO and cofounder Dr. Toyin Ajayi. They may have infrequent access to the medical system, hampered by transportation issues or the need to take time off work. Doctors’ offices can be busy, and they may not

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